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Introducing the Power Lab

Generated by the Atkinson Foundation and the Broadbent Institute, the Power Lab is a different kind of innovation lab. It’s led by community organizers concerned with equity in local economic development. Learn more here.

Armine Yalnizyan to focus on the Future of Workers

Armine Yalnizyan, one of Canada’s leading economists, has accepted a two-year fellowship with the Atkinson Foundation, aimed at policy innovation for inclusive economic growth in an era of rapid technological change.

As the new Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers, Armine will contribute to collaborative initiatives, help curate events, and provide advice to the Foundation and its partners on a wide range of economic and social issues related to the changing nature of work.

Here’s the full text of Executive Director Colette Murphy’s announcement.

Interested in the Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy?

The 2019 – 2020 Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy application process closed on February 11th, 2019. The winner will be announced at the Canadian Journalism Foundation Gala on June 13th, 2019. More information about the 2018 – 2019 Atkinson Fellow in Public Policy Shree Paradkar and past winners is available here.

This is Atkinson’s podcast about decent work by and for millennials. We’re talking about the gig economy, democracy, side hustles, unions, technology, activism, innovation, power and much more here.

We recorded our first live podcast event in front of a sold-out audience on January 23rd, 2019 with special guest U.S. comedian Hari Kondabolu and Max FineDay from Canadian Roots Exchange. Listen to the podcast or watch a captioned video of the event here.

Atkinson Field Notes are your best source of information about what we’re up to and what’s on our minds. Check out Executive Director Colette Murphy’s most recent post .

The Atkinson Decent Work Fund is a grants program that takes aim at growing income and wealth inequality. We’re always open to opportunities to help build the decent work movement. Share your idea with Atkinson’s Director of Social Investment Jenn Miller.